[inbox] RE: lilo/grub

[Timothy Domst]

There is a place behind the Napa auto parts store on Elmwood Ave. that 
does computer salvage.  Go down the driveway just north of the Napa 
store, follow it to a big nondescript warehouse that is directly behind 
Home Depot.  Look for the parked cars and trucks unloading, there are 
no easy signs.  There is an appliance salvage place, next to that is 
computer salvage.  Bring cash and your negotiation skills.  Mine stink 
but I got some stuff cheap anyway.  There is also a place on Fillmore 
just south of Broadway that sells old stuff.  I got a couple SCSI 
drives there for 5 bucks.

On Mar 23, 2004, at 2:45 PM, TheCactusKid Cactus wrote:

>
>
> Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
>
>  We currently have 1-Seagate Cheetah Ultra320 SCSI ST336607LW 36GB 
> Drive in stock for $229.00. If your interested let me know or we could 
> get one in for ya.
>
> Thanks, but no thanks. I don't have the card for that type of scsi. 
> I'm using SCSI-2 hardware in this box. I need a ST34371N and would 
> only be willing to spend at top price $10.00 , but I'd like to get it 
> for around $5.00  These are (old scsi drives not current) 
> (Salvageware) if not rescued to resell they would be tossed and end up 
> in a landfill. I'm looking for a used but in excelent working order. 
> No bad sectors! No other problems! Yes, I've been on eBay and if the 
> Sellers think they have a Goldmine their nutts! As well as the morons 
> that keep bidding and bidding on salvageware! God if I'm going to pay 
> that much for salvageware, I'd rather build a (New) system with 
> current hardware to crying out loud.
>
> Thanks,
>
>  tHecActUsKid:)
>
> TheCactusKid Cactus wrote:
> Hi, Greg
>  
> I'm using SCSI as well, and its an older system. IBM PC Server 315
>  So after reading min system requirements. I have Mandrake 7.0 laying 
> around here so I think I'll install it on this system. Its an Pentuim 
> Pro 200Mhz (1) 128mb ram and a 4mb Video Card. So I think the latest 
> and greatest will not work anyway. Also this system will have only 
> Linux on it so I need not worry about Lilo, but was just interested as 
> to the groups opinion. I will be installing Linux on a few systems, 
> some older and some newer.
>   
> By the way, do you think SuSE 6.1 Full retail version will do ok on a 
> Pentium 1 mmx 200Mhz? 4mb video 128+ ram? I have SuSE sitting around 
> as well. Oh...where can you get GOOD scsi drives here locally WNY 
> reasonable! SCSI-3. I need one more Seagate ST34371N to complete this 
> system.
>   
> Thanks, tHecActUsKid
>
> Greg Neumann <dadneumann at adelphia.net> wrote:
> Umm .... I've had nothing but trouble with grub and SCSI partitions.
>  Maybe I'm too old and inflexible, but the configuration was very picky
>  and arcane to my mind. I tried it w/ Mandrake and Gentoo and 
> Slackware,
>  and scrapped it as far too unfriendly and difficult to set up. 
> Somehow,
>  saving and exiting vim and typing "lilo -v" doesn't seem very hard at
>  all. I have had XP pro booting as an option ... about 2 years ago ...
>  from lilo, and I didn't have any troubles. I usually have 3 kernels,
>  plus at least one Windows partition going at any given moment. I 
> suspect
>  it's alot like which word processor you like. The one you learned 
> first
>  and most thoroughly is always the best ... simply because!
> BIG CAVEAT!! I've ONLY used grub on pure SCSI systems, never IDE. As
>  grub seems more "slanted" to IDE, it may be completely different for 
> tha! t.
> J! ust an old Slackware (since '94!) curmuddgeon's gripe. No flame war
>  intended! ;-) If lilo failed me and grub worked, I'd change in a 
> heartbeat!
>
> -Greg
>
> TheCactusKid Cactus wrote:
> > Hi, y'all
> > So tell me whats the difference between Lilo and Grub?
> > In other words why is Grub better?
> >
>  > Thanks, tHecActUsKid:)
> >
>  > "Riga, Anthony" wrote:
> > Pete
> > I did it and it workes. Thanks!
>  >
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nflug at nflug.org on behalf of Cyber Source
> > Sent: Sat 3/20/2004 1:31 PM
> > To: nflug at nflug.org
> > Subject: Re: lilo/grub
> >
>  > GRUB Rocks!
> > As root, type "grub-install /dev/hda" assuming you have and IDE hard
>  > drive and want to have the boot loader on the MBR of the first 
> drive,
>  > that should do it. Then you can have a look at /boot/grub/grub.conf 
> to
>  > see what's in there! . Once inst! alled, if you change something, 
> it's just
>  > a matter of editing the conf file, no reinstall after, you can then 
> just
>  > comment out what you don't want etc.
> > hint, to select a different boot level or whatever at boot time, hit
>  > "e", then append the line of the boot with say, "single", then hit 
> "b"
>  > to boot it.
> >
>  > Riga, Anthony wrote:
> >
>  >
>  >>I am running Redhat 9.0. using lilo. How do I uninstall lilo and 
> install grub in order to boot? Can this be done. I want to try grub 
> for a change..
>  >>
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